well the public i'm on finished unbeaten at the top of group c. list most side are also currently five points clear at the top of their domestically long coach george state says the russian winter what the wealthiest teams hope to progressing. without question both teams will be facing problems of course we have little experience of playing under such conditions but we're ready for this we perfectly realise what we are facing based on this where building our tactics and the system of play where ready for tomorrow and we'll do all we can so that the cold weather doesn't affect the quality of our teams play in our technique while the other champions league game on wednesday sees arsenal travel to the san siro to face seriously does ac milan the gunners beat the italian side on their home turf at the second stage of the tournament four years ago the school then was two nil and henri will be doing his best to claim even more goals it's the on loan thirty four year old's last game for arsenal before returning to the new york red bulls although manager arsene wenger is slightly more worried about the playing

surface. try to play our game and me and is a good side we think we are good side we really go to work talk later to new readers words which would be an exciting game i'm a bit worried about the quality of the pitch doesn't look exceptional and hopefully on to tomorrow to be better well milan have struggled against english opposition apart from that defeat to arsenal they also lost one zero at home to talk them on this very day last year while the syrian giants are struggling with injuries and as alexander on the stand what are your peers a back in training after a long spells out what are unlikely to feature along with kevin prince voting and foremast only for that mathieu flamini. on tuesday night jones new york clinched a one no heart for we're not home to separate side after well the defending champions barcelona went a long way to reaching the quarter finals with a three one win a german side violated his and alexis sanchez netting

a brace and his manager was happy with the result. doesn't abuse but i think by a live look who's did not allow many chances for us in the first half but in the second half we continue pressing and we managed to create a lot of chances to score two additional goals finally but i am aware of the skills we must use in this year's champions league season and particular against german teams and speaking in general it does not matter how good or bad it looks like on the pitch when it comes to games against german teams because one must simply try and find a way to beat them but it. would be a manager when the dia's believes his side can still progress in the europa league despite tuesday's surprise one zero defeat going to be on course the first leg of the last thirty two clash was held in moscow at the freezing weather didn't affect the great champions they took the lead after seventy two minutes through david foster but it's within a minute rubin had a golden chance to level other p.r. that made yeah he was sent off profile substitute goalkeeper roy carroll saved the

resulting penalty. with thirty years promise to take the game to the greeks and next week second leg while he tuesday's other side last year's finalist sporting brother lost to mail at him to turkish side touch. down in the meantime russia have remained thirteenth in the new fee for world rankings while spartak need feel the need to get about offers and his maiden call up for the national side the twenty five year old is set to make his senior debut in friendly in denmark on february twenty ninth as russia prepare for this summer's european finals and he goalkeeper of living a double of who's on loan at tesco moscow is also due to make his international comeback in copenhagen three more friendlies a shared tool for russia as part of their euro twenty two hour warm ups creating a clash with italy in early choose. well meanwhile over in england one of america's top footballers landon donovan says he's been enjoying his second loan spell it's everton the twenty nine year old l.a. galaxy captain these even pondering joining the toughies on

a permanent basis but as a later point in his career in the future who knows you know i have had. a really good time again and i've had time to speak to my family. i've had time to speak to the manager i've spoken to my my coach and. i have two more years left and we'll see what happens i want to get through this year it's qualifying for our national team it's a big year and then make a decision on what i'm really planning for the future. athletics and russian pole vaulter yelena isinbayeva has had another confidence boosting win with five months ago before the start of the london games the double olympic champion set the third best jump at the season at four point eight one metres to clinch third title of the year eleven in france that mark was ten centimeters ahead of cubist yet asli silva who was second place went to france it's been as a bottleneck isn't by that missed out on the medals at last year's world championships but he's looking for a third straight crown in the british capital. now moving on to the n.b.a.

with the miami heat or set a new record after beating indiana pacers one hundred five points to ninety one the win means they heat up become the first n.b.a. team in thirty three years to really three games on the road in three days miami's playmaker le bron james netted twenty three points while norris cole scored twenty pacers david west led his team will sixteen points but it wasn't enough indiana slumping to their fourth straight defeat. well meanwhile back here in russia such as preparations for the winter games in twenty fourteen seem to be well on track the city hosted a couple of major test events over the weekend and olympic inspectors on hold kili says there are no burning issues at the black sea resort. i do dishes on a peak with two years to go before the olympics we are confident the games will go smoothly but to make it happen we need to create all the necessary conditions i'm not saying there are any burn each shoes but preparing for the olympics is always

difficult no matter where they take place transport accommodation security and infrastructure need to be looked at. and with those such olympics now on the horizon those test events have begun at the black sea resort where the biathlon and ski complex gain the approval of the competitors at last week's russian cup because i think that's up with records. with just two years to go before they start a little when a second winter olympics in sochi more and more when years of being put to the test no later is was they by athlon and ski complex called lower after local mythical hereon and which is one of the most ambitious projects of the games located on the say how to reach across land by an hour at the height of one thousand five hundred meters above sea level at this height the lack of oxygen makes the competitors breathe harder increasing their efficiency and boosting their results slower is supposed to. become one of the best in the world while the trek with its essence

and slopes is already considered to be one of the toughest in the sport for this is the hardest track in the world with sixty meter ascents and slopes with temperatures varying by as much as four degrees it's absolutely unique this is our country and we have every opportunity to succeed the complex includes two stereo each with their own story and finish zones shooting area and warm up zones the designers of the venue try to make the competition interesting for athletes and spectators alike the track is a very demanding with numerous turns which make it hard to pause and rest on the slopes and those by athletes taking part in the russian cup became the first competitors to appreciate our is facilities at the summit. the track is very challenging lots of turns lots of slopes if an athlete has some alpine skiing skills to turn on the slopes they can win back some vital seconds just. an average

time on the european tracks is around twenty five minutes here it's over thirty the nature of the course is very hard. the complex is still under construction and will be finished in june twenty third teen however the weather in the mountains is unpredictable and while. does not a problem here fall can alter the game plan of any competition. or will we have a proverb when the weather is getting worse it's time for biathlon and when it's foggy here or mind us of the famous german venue in over half except for the wind the same situation could arise at the olympics but it's good that we've got different weather conditions here. russia is one of the leading nations in biathlon and the country skiers and biathletes will be bays that lower to prepare for those olympics in sochi with the hope of increasing them medal chances at their home winter games because named by the. side.

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syria's president announces a vote on a new constitution which would effectively end the early fifty years of single party rule in the country amid escalating turmoil. and rallies marking one year since the pro-democracy uprising in bahrain protesters face yet another harsh clampdown with police using tactics and weapons from the u.k. . does iran stops oil exports to six european states in retaliation to the sanctions as international rhetoric is ramped up to further family claims of friction with the islamic state. and business world watching oil prices the jump

nearly two dollars a barrel we've seen one hundred nineteen dollars thirty five cents shortly after the iran announcement join me for more on that at all but. it's five pm here in moscow this is archie coming to you live from nice now with our top story this hour syria's president bashar assad has ordered a referendum on a new constitution to be held in eleven days according to the country's state run news agency it could put an end to the one party rule of the president's baath party in shrines in the current constitution the announcement came amid reported violence in the cities of homes that hamas some of the fiercest in the months long rest are just maria financial reports from syria. it is

a cold the national referendum on the country's new constitution has been announced in every day that expected to be how the. syrian government and president musharraf are probably confirmed a document that had been drafted to end the monopoly of the ruling party people will govern people according to this new club initially that was should be old for march because brendan but we can see he is going to earn more diffuse condom igs records about violence continuing all across the country and today we've been receiving reports from hama knowles over the tops of the markets about the tanks being deployed there come home to about six provinces we'll pipelined their pattern peak by and they'll fly then from the capital damascus but the military searching the residential areas looking for a position under these reports are hearing hard to verify usually they are coming from one source from the syrian opposition we got the us about while traveling.

not far from the. door there. and we've been talking about that. when the news appeared the governor or. people have fully formed and the locals intended. mones hired and the use of the goods but again this is very complicated to get the truth to get exactly what is going on on the ground and here is barak told. since the beginning of the uprising in syria last march the regime of bashar al assad has been accused of refreshen torture and killing but with abad much of homes blame has since focused on assad forces attacking civilians and shell in residential areas. that the yard calls himself a member of the opposition and intellectual not throw lucian everyone his stresses from a social democratic group originally from homes he blames assad for mistakes which allowed bloodshed at the start but he just defies what the regime is doing in his

native city now he is the two i mean he is touring to to. protect civilians i think that in homs there are many gangs you know there is a title and everyone can claim that he belongs with this title and no one can ban him the danger posed by the armed forces was seen in the killing of a french journalist last month and b. says when he went to homes he put in his mind that the syrian opposition is very peaceful in the trying to frame them so he was like a pioneer in the call and he was killed by the some gang attacks on government targets have become increasingly bloody themselves with twenty eight people killed and scores injured while an attack on a military base in aleppo last week an f.s.a. free syrian army representative at the mit it responsibility before the

organization later denied it blaming the government forces a claim ridiculed by regime. insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terror groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so if the were. stand there support them last sunday the arab league for food political and financial support for the opposition to unify its ranks it is similar call from the leader of al qaida muslims to unite efforts to help overthrow bashar al assad recent reports suggest iraqi weapons qatari troops and libyan rebels are role in syria on the opposition side this makes for a volatile and highly dangerous makes. many western powers interested in fomenting

unrest and syria and so they'll turn a blind eye to extreme weapons coming in through borders like lebanon and turkey to create the very militants i won't call them terrorist but very dangerous armed groups but the west has its eyes wide open when it comes to the reported death toll to come of the no un figure more than five thousand employees civilians only but that's bigger leaves out any mention of pro-government forces killed in the conflict some say the numbers that is stored to meet a political objectives. our number so for six thousand. dollars them but you would be surprised to know that over two calls it harder. this is. good the commented foreign pressure has focused on the assad regime but the syrian government and its international supporters say there's been a total failure would talk normally to violence from opposition forces which has

been a key factor in the country's present turmoil they warn the find it a solution to the country's crisis isn't possible without recognizing all its causes written off notes he damascus syria well professor mark almond from the international relations department at the university of bill can in turkey says the announcement of a referendum on the new constitution poses a major challenge for the syrian opposition. whereas a year ago the opposition as it began was demanding political reforms now the chief spokesman for the syrian opposition abroad and as far as we can tell the various rebel armed groups say nothing short of the fall of assad even his execution is acceptable so it's a challenge to see how the syrian government will be able to stage are afraid of that will have legitimacy in the eyes the opposition on the other hand for the opposition if there's a large turnout of voters that could well be damaging to the claim to really

represent the syrian people. in many ways a democratic election is the ideal solution to political conflicts but now. both sides have people in fear the consequences of losing and the opposition itself can't really risk. losing face by now backing down and taking part in a way to process. the u.n. general assembly will vote on thursday on a new syria resolution condemning the government for violence in the country the document was drawn up by saudi arabia and catherine is supported by a number of western powers as the times correspondent payouts cobar says unlike libya syria is unlikely to fall under western influence even through forceful measures. well this takes in syria saw much higher compared to libya because this is a direct effect a direct clash between the u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china on the one you know on the other side much more than it was in libya you leave russia and china and even to the other

brics and germany as well they said ok maybe this is not the red line yet let's give them the benefit of the doubt i mean the french and the brits and the americans the country was destroy syria you cannot do that because first of all they're going to have to fight the real army even if they're not very competent but they are battle hardened there's been two wars in the middle east the syrian army it's a smaller country there's more population you cannot simply landings asian is out of the question because the heat will go all over the place the repercussions to turkey to jordan to iraq to saudi arabia so nato strand is to foment civil war and that's it's like it was as active what they were doing. but last year pro-democracy protesters and another arab country by a crane they got what they wanted after being promised reforms including those of police but twelve months later activists trying to mark an anniversary of the

uprising found the clampdown was as harsh as before only difference this time some tactics and the arms and arms the police used were brought in from the west by those who are supposed to bring democratic change parties are ban it has more. tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests will crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdowns been planned by one of britain's former top cops john the eights used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he's there to oversee police reforms the police have borrowed or behaving despicably their latest trick is to throw cancer tear gas into homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to death tear gas or use out of doors and i think for any british police officer

overstimulate is retired to be associated in any way with that is his role yes resigned from scotland yard last year an early fix him of the phone hacking scandal he popped up in bahrain in december as part of the regime's p.r. campaign to clean up its image a campaign pushed hard it seems by yeats himself he recently told the daily telegraph his new charges had a well rehearsed plan for the anniversary of the uprising adding the concept of reasonable reaction to provocation has been reinforced. as for the uprising itself he said this isn't organized protests it's just vandalism rioting on the streets claims hotly disputed by london's bahraini community immediately thousands and thousands of people protesting demanding their rights. vandalism. you seem to forget that sixty or sixty five people actually died from police brutality

activists in bahrain insist their protest was peaceful their aim to reach the iconic pole roundabout in the capital manama they say they were met by tanks toxic gas and rubber bullets what we witnessed on the ground as not. the front or from. previously but it's been extended through the toxic gases and use of poisoning. mr john is contributing we should see a positive things of the ground what we are seeing today is nothing except it may not just be british tactics bahrain's using but weapons to government figures show the u.k. sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long after blood was spilled that despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april

by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london bahrain is not the only example of the west selective approach to dictatorships and pro-democracy protests says british pakistani military historian and journalist terek ali it's full interview is coming up on r.t. next hour here's a bit of what he had to say. when you look at what the west did in relation to be seeing some of the crisis in the yemen where killing still go the former yemeni president has made it. states of america. double standards that operate make. western. people pushing for intervention in syria saudi arabia. centrally they would like to see

a real version of the muslim brotherhood to rome but concrete in the united states will do deals with them as it has done in the past. tehran has cut oil supplies to six countries in response to a series of sanctions which include an embargo on crude exports from iran the ban was not supposed to come into full of facts until summer but the islamic republic has repeatedly threatened to bring an immediate halt among the countries hit by iran's response or france and the netherlands as well those debt stricken greece italy spain and portugal this fall is renewed and rainy and rhetoric coming from israel with prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying tehran's aggression must be stopped he repeated his claims that iran was behind recent bombings in india georgia and thailand something the islamic state to now is well tehran in turn says israel is waging a psychological war that many fear might pave the way for military action but

expert on mideast affairs the research says iran's response to oil sanctions should be regarded as a warning against mounting a strike. well i think that here iran is trying to send a message that it cannot be there you cannot deal with iran in such oyo iran has its own weapons while the west for example believes it has weapons and ammunition represented by sanctions and iran is also an important country which can also respond in the appropriate manner i think is also a warning. that if military action is taken if military action is taken this would have only be small comparing to how iran could react in that case some i think it's a small warning that if you. take action now economic action against us this is what we can do imagine what action we could take if you go ahead and use the military card against us so i think it's a warning to the west to keep israel also tied down and to prevent his role from going ahead with the unilateral move unilateral military attack trying to tell the west you'd better keep his role intact otherwise you might be witnessing the very

difficult period in the in the future in case of military attack as well is launched. and amid mounting economic problems they are politicians have been seeking financial help in beijing china only gave promises of support stopping short of outlining concrete steps the uncertainty comes as greece again felt to meet conditions imposed by the e.u. which led to the cancellation of a key meeting between euro zone finance ministers jacob graves reports from athens . just how far reaching this crisis in greece nor so the euro zone now it in terms of achievement for very least so you had quite a high ranking delegation heading there was headed up by the presence of the european commission the president of the european council as well so it was a manual process herman van rompuy both of them despite that high ranking delegation didn't get any more guarantees apart from good and positive words by chinese counterparts so no financial interactions nothing guaranteed in terms of

financial stimulus is really what they want the reason they're in china is because china has the money they need right now three point two trillion dollars reserve currency fund that could help stabilize the markets here understand why the chinese are somewhat wary of this investment because it economic indicators are only really worsening also that to food at the moment which is default to a greek default an exit from the euro zone what's being talked about increasingly by greek politicians the public but also by those eurozone leaders and that can't be interpreted as anything else but a real slap in the face for the greek government now they have passed another round of very unpopular austerity measures you can hope to return their begetting guarantees today that another much needed bailout that's required to repay their march the debt they have been sticking their neck out alone on this issue because it's what.